October 2017
Intermediate to advanced
354 pages
9h 28m
English
Content preview from Mastering Linux Kernel Development
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Additional features
Though the fundamental components of a filesystem remain similar, the way data is organized and the heuristics to access data is implementation dependent. Designers consider factors such as reliability, security, type and capacity of storage volume, and I/O efficiency to identify and support features that enhance capabilities of a filesystem. Following are few extended features that are supported by modern filesystems.